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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Valentine, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45365. The Survey maps it on the Fletcher quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Valentine within Shelby County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Valentine (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Valentine (historical), surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

20,708 words on this township

The county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Green Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Green Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 132 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 132 specimens collected within 10 miles of Valentine (historical) between 1897 and 1964: 109 Animalia, 17 Plantae, 6 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Sorghum MoenchSorghum Moench1897Kellerman, W.A.Shelby Co., Ohio.
Specimen of Sphacelotheca reiliana (J.G.Kühn) G.P.ClintonSphacelotheca reiliana (J.G.Kühn) G.P.Clinton1897Kellerman, W.A.Shelby Co., Ohio.
Specimen of Diphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A.Braun) HolubDiphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A.Braun) Holub1902Grover, F.O.Opens woods, N. Amherst, near F & D Quarry
A photograph of the species Carex shortiana, not of this specimenCarex shortiana Dewey & Torr.1897Wetzstein, A.
A photograph of the species Cercosporina apii, not of this specimenCercosporina apii (Fresen.) Miura1897Selby A. D.Kirkwood
A photograph of the species Hirneola auricula-judae, not of this specimenHirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk.1909Fisher G. ClydeSidney
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae, not of this specimenGymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein.1914Russell A. B.Sidney
Phyllosticta vincae-minoris Bres. & Krieg.1914The Wagner Park Nursery Co.Sidney
A photograph of the species Hybopsis micropogon, not of this specimenHybopsis micropogon (Cope, 1865)1920Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)Great Miami River, 2.5 mi north of Sidney, ~2.4 mi SW of Port Jefferson, Perry township
Ranidae1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Tawawa Creek, Green Twp., Shelby Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Orthotrichum strangulatum, not of this specimenOrthotrichum strangulatum P.Beauv.1937R. T. Wareham & A. J. SharpMiami River south of Sidney
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1938Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.)Mosquito Creek, within Green township (near rifle range?), near Port Jefferson, Green township

All 132 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Plattsville1.2 miles15
Hageman (historical)1.4 miles15
Ballou1.6 miles15
Tawawa1.9 miles15
Depew3.1 miles15
Pasco4.8 miles15
Pemberton5.2 miles15
Hickory Dell Estates5.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063125. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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